Through Life Support - Maintenance Specialist

BAE Systems; Nog Tow; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace company is seeking a Maintenance Systems Engineer in the UK. The successful candidate will support the maintenance system design, ensuring continuity and optimising system support solutions. Qualifications include an HND or Degree in Aerospace Engineering and experience with aircraft maintenance processes. The position offers a competitive salary starting at £47,683 and a range of employee benefits, including a pension scheme and health plans.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Discounted health and wellbeing benefits

Qualifications

• Experience in preventative and corrective maintenance activities.
• Knowledge of regulatory compliance in maintenance.
• Ability to support maintenance task analysis.

Responsibilities

• Deputise for the Maintenance System Design Lead during absences.
• Support the integration of maintenance support system architecture.
• Act as a maintenance subject-matter expert for teams.

Skills

Aircraft maintenance operations

Regulatory compliance

Technical documentation

Education

HND or Degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Avionics

Job description

Responsibilities

• Deputising for the Maintenance System Design Lead during periods of prolonged absence, ensuring continuity of governance and strategic direction.
• Supporting the development and integration of the through‑life maintenance support system architecture across the product lifecycle, aligning with engineering, programme, and support functions.
• Acting as an internal maintenance subject‑matter expert, advising design and programme teams on maintainability, regulation, certification, and sustainment considerations.
• Contributing to the definition and validation of maintenance concepts, including planned and unplanned interventions, operating environments, tooling, diagnostics, and support equipment requirements.
• Identifying opportunities to optimise system design and support solutions through the application of maintenance best practice, regulatory compliance, and cost‑effective sustainment strategies.
• Supporting the creation of maintenance task analysis, authoring strategies for technical publications, digital maintenance instructions, and integration with the Digital Thread.
• Providing technical input into supportability analysis, trade studies, and Integrated Logistic Support (ILS) deliverables including Level of Repair Analysis, RCM, and FMECA. Experience working in a PT145 or part M environment.

Qualifications

• HND, Degree or equivalent qualification in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Avionics, or a related discipline.
• Experience of aircraft maintenance operations, processes, and carrying out preventative and corrective maintenance activities, in both peacetime and deployed environments.

Desirable

• Military background.
• Maintenance, repair and overhaul experience.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must, as a minimum, achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Salary: £47,683 + Depending on Skillset. As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Maintenance & Continuing Airworthiness (M&CA) team

The Maintenance & Continuing Airworthiness (M&CA) team is a small, specialist team that makes up part of the larger Through Life Support team which encompasses other capabilities such as Supportability, Through Life Engineering, Training, Supply Chain and Mission Enablement. The team works collaboratively internally across our tri‑national organisation and externally with the customers to deliver its outputs.

Why BAE Systems? This is a place where you'll be able to make a real difference. You'll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity and merit, and where you'll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder, etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.